Which to use
“ste” and “stehn” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,778
- “ste” frequency rank
- #24,938
- “stehn” frequency rank
- 50716
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ste | stehn |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs biti | stehen |
Letter map: ste vs stehn
Shared letters muted; letters that set ste and stehn apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. ste runs 3 letters (CCV) against stehn's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: ste and stehn
ste and stehn are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ste” sits inside “stehn”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ste is recorded at frequency rank #25,778, classified as averb, pronounced […]. stehn is at rank #24,938, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃteːn].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 50716, this pair ranks #1,163,211 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ste vs stehn
Shared letters: est. Private to "ste": -. Private to "stehn": hn.
"ste" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "stehn" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- stehn ← sethn · sstehn · stehhn · stehnn · stenh · sthen · sttehn · tsehn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ste" and "stehn" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ste" or "stehn"?
What to do next
You've compared "ste" and "stehn". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stehn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,163,211 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ste" and "stehn" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs ste". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,163,211 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.